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List: Bikepacking bags and makers

Updated 3/26/2015. Please send additions or corrections via the “Contact me!” page, or in the comments below. The essence of this listing is to highlight local bag makers around the world although the list will grow to include custom, non-custom handmade, and factory made bikepacking luggage. Get out there!

Original text from 2012, the listing above is updated regularly: The list of lightweight bag makers is growing. Inspired by their own lightweight bicycle travels and the growing bikepacking and endurance racing scene, these craftsman are making ultralight bags for rack-lite or rackless touring. Lael recently picked up an Oveja Negra front accessory bag called the “Lunch Box” at SubCulture Cyclery in Salida, CO. The bag is made locally in Leadville by a promising upstart comprised of a seamstress with a riding habit and a rider with a sewing itch. Constructed of the now standard Dimension-Polyant VX-series sailcloth, the bag holds a paperback Gogol novel as well as a windbreaker and small personal items for easy access during the day. Made in Durango, the Bedrock “Chinle compression panel” pictured below was spotted on the Colorado Trail. As every town should have a brewer and baker, a framebuilder and a bag maker would also populate my ideal town.